Pictured: Family of four who died after plane flown by father collided with another aircraft

This is the pilot, his wife and two young children who died after the plane he was flying collided with another aircraft as they flew near an Alaskan lake.

Corey Carlson, a 41-year-old private pilot, died with his wife Hetty, 39, and their two chidlren after their single-engine float plane crashed and burned.

The second plane landed safely despite significant damage.

The Cessna 180 was destroyed by the impact and fire, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor.

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All dead: Corey Carlson, his wife, Hetty Barnett Carlson, centre, and their daughters, Ella, 5, standing, and Adelaide 'Addie', 3, are shown before they died in the 2011 plane crash

'It was engulfed in flames on the ground,' Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said.

The crash around Amber Lake near Trapper Creek, 80 miles north of Anchorage, came nearly three weeks after another in-flight collision that remarkably left the 13 people aboard the two aircraft unhurt.

The second plane in Saturday's crash, a Cessna 206, sustained significant damage but was able to return to Anchorage International Airport and make an emergency landing, after the collision around Amber lake near Trapper Creek.

Pilot Kevin Earp, 56, of Eagle River was alone in the aircraft and uninjured, Miss Peters said in a news release.

Emergency landing: The float plane involved in the collision managed to make its way back to Anchorage and a new report found that the two pilots were using different radio frequencies

Tucked away: Trapper Creek is about 80 miles north of Anchorage

She said late Saturday that four bodies were recovered from the wreckage.

Authorities initially said at least two people were killed.

The State Medical Examiner's office was working to identify the dead.

There was no immediate word on how the collision occurred.

On July 10, nine people aboard a Piper Navajo and four people in a Cessna 206 were uninjured when the planes collided. Both aircraft had minor damage but were able to land safely in Anchorage, with FAA spokesman Mike Fergus then describing the incident as 'almost unheard of.'

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Four die as Cessna crashes and burns after collision with another float plane